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How people are using AI to grieve, love and connect | Jennifer Cearns
- Relationships & psychology
Many people fear AI is eroding our humanity, replacing real relationships with synthetic ones that leave us lonelier than ever. Digital anthropologist Jennifer Cearns believes the opposite may be true. After talking to hundreds of people who turn to AI for grief, love, friendship and more, she pokes holes in this familiar fear — and hints at what these strange new relationships can teach us about ourselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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AI isn't diminishing our humanity. It's revealing it. You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
I'm your host, Elise Hugh. We hear constantly that AI is eroding our humanity, replacing real relationships, leaving us more isolated and less able to handle the messiness of other people.
Jennifer Kearns is a digital anthropologist who studies human connection. After four years of watching people bring AI into the most intimate corners of their lives, from grief to friendship to romance, she's come to believe almost the opposite. AI isn't diminishing our humanity. It's revealing it.
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